After a disastrous summer at the movies, Hollywood will have to figure out a way to revive the fall box office. The industry is currently on pace to have one of the worst years ever. The following takes a look at some of the trends that occurred during the summer.
This Memorial Day weekend comic book fanboys were taken to the past and future of Marvel Studios' X-Men universe as "Days of Future Past" rolled into theaters and earned roughly $111 million.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is likely to be the poorest grossing "Spider-Man" movie to date. But the film will also be remembered for another first: the film is the first "Rotten" film on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes. Every other Spidey flick has managed to maintain 60 percent approval rating from the critics thus far. Interestingly enough, this film is not the worst of the lot from an artistic standpoint. Far from it. That honor still belongs to "Spider-Man 3." Here are a few reasons why the Sam Raimi movie is still the nadir of the beloved franchise.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is enjoyable on the strength of the performances alone, but the film unfortunately fails on a number of other fronts. The story, while showing tremendous potential and some thematic cohesiveness, does not really illuminate its characters as well as it sets out to do and at the end of the day, it comes off as a retread of a plethora of other comic book movies with the Spider-Man brand attached to it.
Regal Entertainment, the largest theater chain in the U.S., is continuing its "SuperTicket" promotion for next months' release of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
"The Amazing Spider-Man" franchise director Marc Webb recently sat down with "The Daily Beast" to discuss the latest installment in the Spider-Man cinematic universe, future endeavors and his growing success in the film industry.
